Nelson Riddle discography

As bandleader[edit]

Select singles[edit]

"Lisbon Antigua" { US # 1 - February 1956 }
"Port Au Prince" { US # 20 - April 1956 }
"Theme From The Proud Ones" { US # 39 - July 1956 }
"Route 66 Theme" { US # 30 - June 1962 - AC # 9, 1962 }
"Naked City Theme" { US # 130 - October 1962 }
"What's New" (Featuring Linda Ronstadt) US # 53 - December 1983 - AC # 5, 1983
"I've Got A Crush On You" (Featuring Linda Ronstadt) AC # 7, 1984

Sources: Billboard Top Pop Singles, Billboard Adult Contemporary Billboard Bubbling Under Singles Books

Albums[edit]

Capitol[edit]

1955 The Music from "Oklahoma!"
1956 Lisbon Antigua (EP)
1956 The Tender Touch
1957 Hey... Let Yourself Go
1958 C'mon... Get Happy
1958 Sea of Dreams
1958 Witchcraft!
1959 The Joy of Living
1959 Sing a Song with Riddle
1959 Original Music from the TV Show "The Untouchables"
1960 Music of the Motion Picture Can Can
1961 Magic Moments from "The Gay Life"
1961 Love Tide
1962 Route 66 Theme and Other Great TV Hits
1962 Love is a Game of Poker
1962 The Best of Nelson Riddle
1962 More Hit TV Themes

Reprise[edit]

Solid State Records[edit]

1967 Music for Wives and Lovers

Liberty[edit]

1967 The Bright and the Beautiful
1968 The Riddle of Today

United Artists[edit]

1967 For Swinging Lovers
1968 The Contemporary Sound of Nelson Riddle

Capilano Records[edit]

1969 British Columbia Suite

Marble Arch Records[edit]

1970 Nelson Riddle Conducts the 101 Strings

Avon[edit]

1970 Avon Wishes You a Happy Holiday and a Joyous New Year

Bulldog Records[edit]

1970 The Look of Love

MPS Records[edit]

1971 Communication
1973 Changing Colors

Daybreak Records[edit]

1973 Vive LeGrand!

DRG[edit]

2006 Hey Diddle Riddle (recorded 1959)

As arranger[edit]

Notable arrangements[edit]

"What Is This Thing Called Love" (for Keely Smith)

"I've Got You Under My Skin" (for Frank Sinatra)

"One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)" (for Frank Sinatra)

"The Lady Is a Tramp" (for Frank Sinatra)

"Come Rain or Come Shine" (for Judy Garland)

"Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart" (for Judy Garland)

"Mona Lisa" (for Nat King Cole)

"Night and Day" (for Frank Sinatra)

"On The Street Where You Live" (for Dean Martin)

"Unforgettable" (for Nat King Cole)

"What's New" (for Linda Ronstadt)

"Witchcraft" (for Frank Sinatra)

"Ain't That a Kick in the Head" (for Dean Martin)

For Frank Sinatra[edit]

Capitol albums[edit]

1953 Songs for Young Lovers
1954 Swing Easy!
1955 In the Wee Small Hours
1956 Songs for Swingin' Lovers
1957 Close to You
1957 A Swingin' Affair!
1958 Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely
1960 Nice 'n' Easy
1961 Sinatra's Swingin' Session!!!

Reprise albums[edit]

1963 The Concert Sinatra
1963 Sinatra's Sinatra
1963 Reprise Musical Repertory Theatre
1964 Sinatra Sings Days of Wine and Roses, Moon River, and Other Academy Award Winners
1964 Softly, As I Leave You
1964 America, I Hear You Singing
1964 Robin and the 7 Hoods (soundtrack)
1964 12 Songs of Christmas
1965 My Kind of Broadway
1965 Sinatra '65: The Singer Today
1966 Moonlight Sinatra
1966 Strangers in the Night
1968 The Sinatra Family Wish You a Merry Christmas
1977 Unfinished album ("Nancy,""Emily,""Linda,""Sweet Lorraine,""Barbara")
1979 Trilogy: Past Present Future ("Something")
1981 She Shot Me Down ("The Gal that Got Away"/"It Never Entered My Mind")

Reprise singles[edit]

1961 "Pocketful of Miracles"/"Name It and It's Yours"
1962 "The Look of Love"/"I Left My Heart in San Francisco"
1963 "California"/"America the Beautiful"
1963 "You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me"
1965 "Moment to Moment"
1968 "Blue Lace"/"Star!"
1976 "I Love My Wife"/"Evergreen" [unreleased]
1980 "Theme From 'New York, New York' - Reprise 7-49233

For Ella Fitzgerald[edit]

Verve albums[edit]

1959 Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook
1962 Ella Swings Gently with Nelson
1962 Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson
1962 Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Songbook
1964 Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Songbook

Pablo albums[edit]

1972 Ella Loves Cole (re-released in 1978 as Dream Dancing with two new tracks)
1982 The Best Is Yet to Come

For Nat King Cole[edit]

(All Capitol albums)

1953: Nat King Cole Sings for Two In Love
1954: Unforgettable
1955: The Piano Style of Nat King Cole
1956: Ballads of the Day
1958: St. Louis Blues
1958: Cole Español
1959: To Whom It May Concern
1960: Wild Is Love
2001: Night Lights — posthumous release for both Cole and Riddle; recorded in 1955/56

As composer[edit]

Film and television work[edit]

Lisbon (1956) (theme song topped the Billboard Top 100)
Li'l Abner (1959)
The Untouchables
Route 66 (1960) (theme song earned Riddle a Top 40 single in 1962)
Naked City (1960)
Ocean's Eleven (1960)
Lolita (1962)
4 for Texas (1963)
A Rage to Live (1965)
Batman (1966-68 TV series) (although Neal Hefti wrote the "Batman Theme" song, Riddle and Billy May scored the actual episodes)
Batman
El Dorado (1966)
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967)
This Is Your Life (1971)
Emergency! (1972)
The Great Gatsby (which repopularized Irving Berlin's "What'll I Do" and earned Riddle the Academy Award for Best Original Song Score and Adaptation at the 47th Academy Awards)
CHiPs (1977) some first-season episodes

Tributes to Riddle by other artists[edit]

Erich Kunzel, Route 66 - That Nelson Riddle Sound (Telarc Records, 2000)



October 12th: On this Day

1955, The Chrysler Corporation launched high fidelity record players for their 1956 line-up of cars. The unit measured about four inches high and less than a foot wide and was mounted under the instrument panel. The seven inch discs spun at 16 2/3 rpm and required almost three times the number of grooves per inch as an LP. The players were discontinued in 1961.

1957, During an Australian tour, Little Richard publicly renounced rock 'n' roll and embraced God, telling a story of dreaming of his own damnation after praying to God when one of the engines on a plane he was on caught fire. The singer threw four diamond rings, valued at $8,000, into Sydney's Hunter River and soon after launched a Gospel career. Five years later, he would switch back to Rock.

1965, Working on their next album Rubber Soul at Abbey Road Studio’s London, The Beatles recorded ‘Run For Your Life’ in its entirety, in 5 takes. (Lennon later admits to lifting two lines from Elvis Presley's 1955 hit ‘Baby Let's Play House’). And another new Lennon song ‘This Bird Has Flown’, later known as ‘Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)’. The track included George Harrison's double-tracked sitar part, the first appearance of that Indian instrument on a pop record.

1965,

1968, Big Brother And The Holding Company went to No.1 on the US album chart with 'Cheap Thrills'. The cover, drawn by underground cartoonist Robert Crumb, replaced the band's original idea, a picture of the group naked in bed together. Crumb had originally intended his art to be the LP's back cover, but Joplin demanded that Columbia Records use it for the front cover. Initially the album title was to have been Sex, Dope and Cheap Thrills, but this didn't go down too well at Columbia Records.

1969, A DJ on Detroit's WKNR radio station received a phone call telling him that if you play The Beatles 'Strawberry Fields Forever' backwards, you hear John Lennon say the words "I buried Paul." This started a worldwide rumour that Paul McCartney was dead.

1971, Gene Vincent (Vincent Eugene Craddock), died from a perforated ulcer, aged 36. Had the 1956 US No.7 & UK No.16 single 'Be Bop A Lula'. Appeared in the film, The Girl Can't Help It with Jayne Mansfield. In 1960, while on tour in the UK, Vincent and songwriter Sharon Sheeley were seriously injured the car crash that killed Eddie Cochran.

1974, The Bay City Rollers went to No.1 on the UK album chart with their debut album 'Rollin.' The album included three British chart hits 'Remember', 'Shang-a-Lang', 'Summerlove Sensation') and the debut of 'Saturday Night', never a British hit yet a No.1 smash in America.

1974, Blondie appeared at CBGB’s in New York City, under the name ‘Blondie’ for the first time. The name is derived from comments made by truck drivers who catcalled "Hey, Blondie" to Harry as they drove by.

1975, Rod Stewart and The Faces made their final live appearance when they played at Nassau Coliseum, Long Island.

1978, Whilst living at the Chelsea Hotel in New York City, Sex Pistol Sid Vicious called the police to say that someone had stabbed his girlfriend Nancy Spungen. He was arrested and charged with murder and placed in the detox unit of a New York prison. Vicious died of a heroin overdose before the case went to trial.

1985, Ricky Wilson of the B-52's died of complications from aids. The B-52's, had the 1990 UK No.2 & US No.3 single 'Love Shack'.

1985, Jennifer Rush was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'The Power Of Love'. The song stayed at No.1 for five weeks and became the biggest selling single of the year and the biggest single ever for a woman in the UK. Celine Dion enjoyed a No.1 US hit with her version in 1993.

1991, Simply Reds fourth album 'Stars' went to No.1 on the UK chart for the first of five times, featuring the singles 'Thrill Me', 'For Your Babies' and the title track 'Stars.' The album became the biggest seller of 1991 and 1992 in the UK spending 134 week's on the chart.

1994, Pink Floyd played the first of a 15-night run at Earls Court, London, England. Less than a minute after the band had started playing 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond', a scaffolding stand holding 1200 fans, collapsed, throwing hundreds of people 20 feet to the ground. It took over an hour to free everyone from the twisted wreckage, ninety-six people were injured, with 36 needing hospital treatment. Six were detained overnight with back, neck and rib injuries. Pink Floyd sent a free T-shirt and a note of apology to all the fans who had been seated in the stand that collapsed. The show was immediately cancelled and re-scheduled. More on concert accidents

1997, John Denver was killed when the handmade, experimental airplane he was flying ran out of gas and crashed off the coast of Monterey Bay, California. The 53 year old star had scored 15 songs on Billboard's Top 40 Pop chart, ten of which reached number one on either Billboard's Adult Contemporary or Country chart. The Great Gig In The Sky

1999, The island of their birth, The Isle Of Man, issued six stamps honouring The Bee Gees. Their mother had run a local post office on the island.

2005, Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee suffered minor burns at a concert in Casper, Wyoming during a pyrotechnics explosion. Lee was treated at a local hospital for the injuries to his arm and face, which occurred while he was suspended from a wire 30 feet above the stage.

2005, Singer and Live Aid co-founder Midge Ure received an honorary degree from Dundee's University of Abertay. He said: "Having left school at the age of 15, I never expected to receive such an accolade."

2008, Oasis went to No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Dig Out Your Soul' the band's seventh and final studio album.

2014, British singer-songwriter George Ezra was at No.1 on the UK album chart with his debut studio album Wanted on Voyage which became the third best-selling album of 2014 in the UK. The album's title is a reference to the sticker used on the suitcase of Paddington Bear, who was Ezra's hero when he was a child.

2016, David Bowie and Prince were both new entries in the latest list of top-earning dead celebrities compiled by Forbes. Prince's pre-tax income from 1 October 2015 to 1 October 2016 was estimated at $25m (£20.5m) by the business magazine, putting him fifth in the list. Bowie, meanwhile, was ranked at 11th for an estimated income of $10.5m (£8.5m). Both, however, are dwarfed by Michael Jackson who topped the list once again with a record-breaking estimated income of $825m (£672.8m).


October 12th: Born on this day

1935, Born on this day, Luciano Pavarotti, Italian singer, (1990 UK No.2 single 'Nessun Dorma', 1990 UK No.1 album 'The Essential Pavorotti', spent 72 weeks on the UK chart). He died on 6 September 2007.

1935, Born on this day, Sam Moore, singer, (Sam & Dave, 1964 UK No.24 & 1967 US No.2 single 'Soul Man').

1942, Born on this day, Melvin Franklin, vocals, The Temptations, (1971 US No.1 & UK No.8 single 'Just My Imagination' and re-issued 'My Girl' UK No.2 in 1992). He died on 23rd February 1995.

1948, Born on this day, Rick Parfitt, vocals, guitar, Status Quo. Status Quo had over 60 chart hits in the UK, more than any other rock band, including 'Pictures of Matchstick Men' in 1967, 'Whatever You Want' in 1979 and 'In the Army Now' in 2010. Twenty-two of these reached the Top 10 in the UK. In July 1985 the band opened Live Aid at Wembley Stadium with 'Rockin' All Over the World' .Parfitt died on 24th Dec 2016 in hospital in Marbella, Spain aged 68.

1955, Born on this day, Jane Siberry, Canadian singer, songwriter, (1989 album 'Bound By The Beauty').

1956, Born on this day, David Letts, (Dave Vanian), vocals, The Damned, (1986 UK No.3 single 'Eloise').

1960, Born on this day, Bob Mould, guitar, vocals, Husker Du, (1987 album 'Warehouse Songs And Stories), Sugar, (1992 album, Copper Blue').

1966, Born on this day, Brian Kennedy, Irish singer, songwriter, worked with Van Morrison band & solo, (1996 UK No.27 single 'Life, Love and Happiness', 1996 UK No.19 album 'A Better Man'). Appeared on Broadway in The River Dance.

1969, Born on this day, Martie Maguire, multi-instrumentalist with Dixie Chicks. With sales of 27.2 million albums in the US alone, they have become the top selling all-female band and biggest selling country group in the US during the Nielsen SoundScan era (1991–present). Maguire formed Court Yard Hounds with her sister and fellow Dixie Chick Emily Robison.

October 13th: On this Day

1962, Don Everly collapsed during rehearsals on stage at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London on the eve of a 22 date Everly Brothers UK tour. He was flown back to the US for treatment and the tour continued with Phil Everly performing solo.

1963, The Beatles made their debut on ITV's 'Sunday Night at The London Palladium', topping the bill and transmitted live to an audience of 15 million viewers. They played, 'From Me To You', 'She Loves You', 'Twist and Shout' and 'I'll Get You.'

1965, The Who recorded 'My Generation' at Pye studios, London. When released as a single it reached No.2 on the UK chart, held off the No.1 position by The Seekers 'The Carnival Is Over'. Roger Daltrey would later say that he stuttered the lyrics to try to fit them to the music. The BBC initially refused to play the song because it did not want to offend people who stutter.

1970, Janis Joplin's ashes were scattered at Stinson Beach in Marin County, California. The singer had been found dead on the floor beside her bed at the Landmark Hotel in Hollywood California on 4th Oct. The official cause of death was an overdose of heroin, possibly combined with the effects of alcohol.

1973, The Rolling Stones started a four week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Goats Head Soup' the group's fourth US No.1.

1974, TV host Ed Sullivan died. Leader of the Ed Sullivan Singers and Orchestra. Introduced The Beatles and other UK acts to America via his Ed Sullivan TV show, from New York City, which ran from June 20, 1948 to June 6, 1971, on CBS every Sunday night at 8pm. The Beatles appearance on February 9th 1964 is considered a milestone in American pop culture and the beginning of the British Invasion in music. The broadcast drew an estimated 73 million viewers.

1977, 32 year old Shirley Brickley of The Orlons was shot and killed by an intruder in her Philadelphia home. The Orlons had five US Top 20 hits in the 60’s including ‘The Wah Watusi’, ‘Don't Hang Up’ and ‘South Street’.

1979, Michael Jackson went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Don't Stop Till You Get Enough', his second US solo No.1, a No.3 hit in the UK.

1979, 'Reggatta De Blanc' the second album from The Police started a four-week run at No.1 in the UK. The album which features the band's first two No.1 hits, 'Message in a Bottle' and 'Walking on the Moon', cost only £6,000 to record.

1984, Stevie Wonder started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'I Just Called To Say I Love You', his 7th US No.1, also No.1 in the UK.

1984, U2 scored their second UK No.1 album with 'The Unforgettable Fire.' The album was produced by Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois and featured the single 'Pride (In The Name Of Love').

1990, George Michael went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Praying For Time', his 6th US solo No.1, and his the last solo single to occupy the top of the chart in the US.

2000, UK newspaper The Mirror reported that Toni Braxton had pulled out of this years US Mobo awards after one of her breast implants had exploded. A spokesman for her Arista record label said "We don't comment on our artistes personal lives."

2001, Australian singer songwriter Peter Doyle died of throat cancer aged 52. Solo artist and a member of The New Seekers. Scored the hits, ‘What Have They Done To My Song Ma’, ‘Never Ending Song of Love’ and ‘I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing’ with The New Seekers.

2002, UK rock band Muse took legal action against Celine Dion after she announced her forthcoming Las Vegas show would be called 'Muse'. Singer Matt Bellamy from the band said 'We don't want anyone to think we're Celine Dion's backing band.'

2002, Will Young went to No.1 on the UK album chart with his debut album 'From Now On.' Young came to prominence after winning the 2002 inaugural series of the British music contest Pop Idol, making him the first winner of the now-worldwide Idols-format franchise. His debut single, 'Anything is Possible', was released two weeks after the show's finale and became the fastest-selling debut single in the United Kingdom.

2004, The US Internal Revenue Service charged 63-year-old Ronald Isley, lead singer of the Isley Brothers, with tax evasion for failing to report income from royalties and performances by the band between 1997 and 2002. He was later found guilty and sentenced to three years in prison.

2008, In a video message on his website, Ringo Starr announced that he no longer has time to sign autographs and asked fans not to send him any mail at all. "No more fan mail and no objects to be signed. Nothing." After finishing a tour of the US and Canada, he was dividing his time between Los Angeles, the South of France and his UK home in Surrey.

2009, Al Martino, a Pop crooner who scored over 10 hits including 'I Love You Because', 'Spanish Eyes' and 'I Love You More And More Every Day', died at the age of 82. He was often remembered for playing the Frank Sinatra type role of Johnny Fontane in The Godfather. Martino was at No.1 on the first ever UK pop chart published on 8th Nov 1952 by the New Musical Express.

2011, American band Maroon 5 were on the top 10 of the UK singles chart with Moves Like Jagger, featuring Christina Aguilera. Its lyrics referred to a male's ability to impress a female with his dance moves, which he compared to those of Mick Jagger. The video featured old video footage of Jagger and his iconic dance moves. Moves Like Jagger was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 54th Grammy Awards.

2012, An oil painting by the German artist Gerhard Richter which was owned by Eric Clapton sold for £21m ($34m) - an auction record for a work by a living artist. Clapton was set to give the money to the Crossroads Centre drug and alcohol rehabilitation center founded by the guitarist in Antigua.

2016, Bob Dylan was awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature, becoming the first songwriter to win the prestigious award. The 75-year-old rock legend received the prize "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition".


October 13th: Born on this day

1940, Born on this day, Chris Farlowe, singer, (1966 UK No.1 single 'Out Of Time', which was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards).

1941, Born on this day, Paul Simon, singer, songwriter, (1970 UK & US No.1 single with Simon and Garfunkel, 'Bridge Over Trouble Water.' The duo's 1970 album 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' spent 307 weeks on the UK chart). Solo, (1986 UK No.4 single 'You Can Call Me Al', 1986 UK No.1 album Graceland spent 115 weeks on the UK chart).

1944, Born on this day, Robert Lamm, vocals, keyboards, Chicago, (1976 UK & US No.1 single 'If You Leave Me Now').

1947, Born on this day, Sammy Hagar, Montrose, Van Halen, solo 1984 hit with 'I Can't Drive 55'. He founded the Cabo Wabo Tequila brand and restaurant chain, as well as Sammy's Beach Bar Rum.

1948, Born on this day, John Ford Coley, England Dan & John Ford Coley, (1976 US No. 2 & UK No. 26 single, 'I'd Really Love To See You Tonight.)'

1948, Born on this day, Peter David Spencer, Smokie, (1975 UK No.3 single 'If You Think You Know How To Love Me').

1950, Born on this day, Simon Nicol, guitar, Fairport Convention, (1969 UK No.21 single 'Si Tu Dois Partir').

1959, Born on this day, Gerry Darby, Carmel, (1983 UK No.15 single 'Bad Day').

1959, Born on this day, Marie Osmond, singer and part of The Osmonds family, (1973 US No.5 & UK No.2 single 'Paper Roses').

1962, Born on this day, Rob Marche, guitar, Jo Boxers, (1983 UK No.3 single 'Boxer Beat').

1968, Born on this day, Carlos Mar’n, Il Divo, (2004 UK No.1 self-titled album, also number one in 13 countries around the world).

1970, Born on this day, Paul Potts, Welsh singer who became the winner of the first series of ITV's Britain's Got Talent, (2007 UK No.1 album 'One Chance').

1980, Born on this day, Ashanti Douglas, (2002 US No.1 single 'Foolish', 2002 US No.1 album, Ashanti').

Nelson Riddle discography

As bandleader[edit]

Select singles[edit]

Albums[edit]

Capitol[edit]

Reprise[edit]

Solid State Records[edit]

Liberty[edit]

United Artists[edit]

Capilano Records[edit]

Marble Arch Records[edit]

Avon[edit]

Bulldog Records[edit]

MPS Records[edit]

Daybreak Records[edit]

DRG[edit]

As arranger[edit]

Notable arrangements[edit]

For Frank Sinatra[edit]

Capitol albums[edit]

Reprise albums[edit]

Reprise singles[edit]

For Ella Fitzgerald[edit]

Verve albums[edit]

Pablo albums[edit]

For Nat King Cole[edit]

For other artists[edit]

Television work[edit]

Film work[edit]

As composer[edit]

Film and television work[edit]

Tributes to Riddle by other artists[edit]

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